Bookbinder&#39;s truck.



A. G. WESSMANN.

BOOKBINDER'S TRUCK.

APPLIOATION run!) 001'. 21, 1913.

Patented June 9, 1914.

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ALFRED C. WESSMANN; OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOOKJBINDERS TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 21 1913.

Patented June 9, 1914!.

Seria] No. 796,421.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED C. WVnssMANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Forest Hill, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bookbinders Trucks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in book binders trucks.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved book binders truck which is simple in construction, strong, durable, easily operated and which is adapted to hold the brass bound press boards or other press boards to the tension rods with their tightening nuts and also the top and bottom boards, when not in actual use for pressing books, in such a manner that these parts will not be lost or damaged or injured and are always in the most convenient position for immediate use and which truck has a further advantage that it can be easily shifted with or without the load thereon and occupies less space both when in use and out of use than the trucks used heretofore.

In the accompanying drawings in which like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures :--Figure 1 is a side view of my improved book binders truck showing the method of carrying the prcsser boards, the top and bottom boards and the tension rods when not in use. Fig. 2 is a rear end view of the truck. Fig. 3 is a side view of the tension rods. Fig. 4: is an enlarged detail plan view of one of the standards. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of one rear corner of the truck platform. Fig. 6 is a plan view of one end of the underside of the bottom board for the pile of presser boards and books between them. Fig. 7 is a plan view of one end of the top board of the pile.

The truck is constructed with a platform 1 or base to the under side of which rollers 2 of any approved construction are secured and mounted. At the two rear corners of the platform 1 a rectangular piece is cut out to form a rectangular recess 3 for a purpose that will be set forth hereinafter. An angle iron upright 1, fitting snugly on each corner 5 of the platform 1 is bent over rectangularly beneath the platform 1 of the truck and is secured to said under side in such manner that the standard t extends upward. It is secured and braced by an inclined brace 6 attached to the ipright i and to the side edge of the base board 1 which braces 6 thus form sides for the presser boards 7 which are placed on edge on the platform 1 as shown in Fig. 1. A metal strap 8 is secured to the rear edge of the platform 1 and its ends are bent over rectangularly as shown at 9 and secured to the sides of the platform over the side flanges of the uprights 4 so as to form an outer wall for the recess 3. Inclined struts or braces 10 are secured at their upper ends to the uprights i and at their lower ends to the rear edge of the platform 1,.said struts or braces crossing each other to form a back fo the truck. A metal band or strap 11 having its ends bent rectangularly as at 12 has these ends 12 riveted to the upright 4 about more or less, of the height of said uprights so that this band 11 will be a certain predetermined distance from the cross struts 10 for a purpose that will be set forth hereinafter. To the upper end of each upright 4 a curved metal arm 13 is riveted by means of a flange 14 of said arm, which flange rests against the outer surface of the side flange of the upright, a rivet being passed through the flange 14 of the arm 13 and the flange of the upright as shown in Fig. 4, which curved arm thus forms a socket adapted to receive the bottom neck 15 of the winged nut 16 screwed on the upper threaded end of the tension rod 17 which at its lower end is provided with a cross piece 18.

The bottom board 19 for the pile is providcd at each end with a socket plate 20 having a slot 21 for introducing the rod 17 so that the lower cross piece 18 of the rod can rest in a socket formed in the under side of the plate 20. The top board 22 for the pile of presser boards is provided in each end with a recess 23 formed in an end part of the board 22 and in a plate 24; secured at said end, on which plate 24 the bottom of the neck 15 of a nut 16 can rest. The bottom board 19, the top board 22, the tension rod 17 and its winged nut 16 are of the same construction as those used heretofore. The bottom board 19 is placed on the press platform and then a series of brass bound presser boards or other presser boards, such as are generally used in book binderies and books rear part of the platform projecting rear place by being passed in between the rear cross band 11 and the struts 10. The upper between said boards are piled upon the bottom board 19 until thedesiredquantity is in place, whereupon the top board 22 of the pile is placed on top of the pile and thenby means of an ordinary'screw press or hydraulic press the presser boards and books be: tween them are pressed together in the conventional manner. Then the cross pieceslS of the two tension rods 17 are engaged with.

the socket plates 20 in the under side of the bottom board 19, the top board 22 is placed upon the pile and the upper ends of the rods 17 passed into the notches 23 and the winged nuts 16 are screwed down until'they rest firmly upon the top board 22 so as to hold and keep the books under pressure and to prevent them from expanding when the pile is taken fromthe press, all as has been set forth heretofore. The follower or presser plate of the press is then raised and the entire pile of books and presser boards held between the bottom board 19 and the top board 22 by' the rods 17 and nuts 16, is pulled off the press and placed upon the platform of the truck and on said truck is carried to a space for storage and there the entire pile,

while still held together by the rods-17 is discharged frOm the truck so that the books remain under pressure between the presser boards any desired length of time. The

' truck can easily be handled and shifted by grasping the uprights or standards 4 as han-' dles. .After the books have been thus held under pressure for the desired length of time, the nuts 16 are loosened, the rods 17 disengaged and the several presser plates and books are lifted off. The presser plates 7 are placed on edge on the truckplatform, their lnner ends resting against the cross struts 10 and the side struts 6 holding these presser plates on edge and preventing them from tilting. The bottom board 19 is placed upon the top edges of the several presser boards resting on edge on the truck and the topboard 22 is placed, on edge upon that ward beyond the uprights 4i and is held in ends of the rods 17 are placed into the sockets formed by'the curved arms 13 on the uprights a and the lower ends of these rods are passed downward through the recess Sand then the rods are released or lowered so that the necks 15 on the winged nuts 16 pass into the sockets formed by the curved arms 13.

The rods 17 are thus always held in the proper place on the truck and cannot be lost or damaged and are never out of place, their lower ends being in the recesses 3 and the rods are thus within reach of the operator when he wishes to remove the pile of books from the press and hold them together before removal. The presser boards 7 which are usually bound on the-edges with metal or convenient position and the projecting edges of the strips are not apt to be damaged as they would be if the boards were placed flat, one upon the other. If books are to be placed into a press it is only necessary to move the truck with the presser boards, tension rods and top and bottom boards thereon in the manner shown, to the press, then place the bottom board upon the base of the press and then alternately alayer of books and then a presser board, one upon the other. Then remove the top board from its pocket or holder on the truck and place it on top of the pile and then remove the tension rods 17 from the uprights 1 and engage them with the top and bottom boards of the pile and tighten the nuts and so on.

Having described my invention what I Patent is 1. In a book binders truck, the combination with a truck platform, of standards on one end of the same and sockets formed on the upper ends of the standards for suspending detachable tie rods, substantially as set forth.

2. In a book binders truck, the combina tion with a truck platform, of standards on one endof the same and sockets formed on the upper ends of the standards for suspending detachable tie rods and braces extending from the standards to the side edges-of the platform and forming the sides of the claim as new and desire. to secure by Letters upper partof the truck, substantially as set forth.

- 3. In a book binders truclg'the combination with a truck platform having recesses at the rear corners, of a band attached to the rear end of theplatform and closing the sides of said recess, uprights attached to the rear corners formed by the sides of the platform and an edge of one of said recesses and sockets formed onthe upper ends of said uprights for receiving part of the tie rod, substantially as set forth.

. 4.111 a book binders truck, the combination with a truck platform, of uprights secured to the rear corners, sockets on the upper ends of said uprights for receiving the nuts on tie rods, a cross piecehaving angular ends and uniting the uprights above their lower ends and forming a pocket for receiving and holding a board on edge on the rear end of the platform, substantially as set forth.

5. In a book binders truck, the combination with a truck platform, of an upright 1 oneach rear corner, inclined braces attached to -the rear part of the platform and to the said upright-s, a cross bar attached at its ends to the uprights some distance above the lower ends of said uprights, said cross bar being bent at its ends sothat its major portion is located horizontally a short distance from the outer side of the inclined braces to form a pocket for the board placed on edge on the rear end of'the platform and held between said inclined braces and the said cross bar, substantially as set forth.

6. In a book binders truck, the combination with a truck platform having recesses at each rear corner, an upright secured to each rear corner formed by the side edge of the platform and the adjacent edge of one of said recesses, a metal strap secured at the rear end of the platform and formin the outer closures for said recesses, inclinecr braces uniting the u rights to the rear end of the platform an a bar attached to the uprights and extending across the inclined braces to form a pocket above the rear end of the truck and between said bar and the cross pieces, substantially as set forth.

7. In a book binders truck, the combination with a platform, of uprights on the rear corners of the same, sockets on the upper ends of the uprights, pomets formed at the rear corners of the platform for receiving the lower ends of rods, the upper ends of which are suspended in the sockets on the upper ends of the uprights, substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this 16th day of October A. D. 1913.

ALFRED C. WESSMANN.

Witnesses:

E. \V. PALMER, C. F. RAUCH.

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